The competition was played for the third time at Taiheiyo Club - Gotemba West in Shizuoka Prefecture. The course was used previously in 2003 and in this year's Spring tournament..
The individual winner (best net) was Naota Kusumi (FCCJ) with a net 69 (gross 90). Eiji Takagi (SCCJ) was second best net (71) and got the SCCJ Autumn Golf Cup He was also best gross with a 78.
Third was Kaj Forsell of SFCCJ with a net of 72 (gross 88). Hisako Noto (FCCJ) and Akihiro Yamamoto (SCCJ) had same net score, but lost to Forsell because of their higher handicaps.
For full results, see below.
The winners of the longest drive were Gösta Tyrefors (SCCJ) and Masaoki Fujita (FCCJ).
The near pin winners were: Yoko Tyrefors, SCCJ (no. 4), Clas Bystedt, FCCJ (no. 7), Eiji Takagi, SCCJ (no. 12) and Yoh Funamoto, FCCJ (no 17).

We would like to thank the title sponsor Stora Enso Japan as well as all the players (and their companies) who brought nice prizes to the competition. Our thanks go also to the Taiheiyo Club - Gotemba Course and all the other staff for again helping us making this a great event at reasonable costs.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Pos.

Player

Company

Team

HCP

Gross

Net

1.

Naota Kusumi

Stora Enso Japan K.K.

FCCJ

21

90

69

2.

Eiji Takagi

Individual member

SCCJ

7

78

71

3.

Kaj Forsell

Finpro

FCCJ

16

88

72

4.

Hisako Noto

Advertise Inc.

FCCJ

25

97

72

5.

Akihiro Yamamoto

Gambro K.K.

SCCJ

30

102

72

6.

Yoh Funamoto

F-Secure K.K.

FCCJ

10

85

75

7.

Hirokuni Yoshida

Outokumpu K.K.

FCCJ

26

101

75

8.

Jukka Viitanen

Tekes

FCCJ

25

101

76

9.

Mats Person

Höganäs Japan K.K.

SCCJ

10

89

79

10.

Gösta Tyrefors

Gadelius K.K.

SCCJ

18

98

80

11.

Masaoki Fujita

Coil Center Fujita Co., Ltd.

FCCJ

20

100

80

12.

Masahiro Kuroda

Individual member

FCCJ

23

103

80

13.

Carl-Gustav Eklund

Höganäs Japan K.K.

SCCJ

14

95

81

14.

Tommy Kullberg

Kullberg & Associates

SCCJ

28

109

81

15.

Toshi Minami

Höganäs Japan K.K.

SCCJ

19

101

82

16..

Lennart Johansson

Individual member

SCCJ

30

112

82

17.

Seppo Kimanen

Embasy of Finland

FCCJ

19

102

83

18.

Takeshi Yokoyama

Finnair

FCCJ

20

103

83

19.

Kjell Groth

AstraZeneca K.K.

SCCJ

22

105

83

20.

Clas G. Bystedt

FCCJ

FCCJ

22

105

83

21.

Hiroaki Sugawara

Finn Corporation

FCCJ

20

104

84

22.

Tuomo Kuuppo

Stora Enso Japan K.K.

FCCJ

20

104

84

23.

Erik Ullner

Konigstedt Ltd.

FCCJ

23

108

85

24.

Hiroaki Nagahara

Finnair

FCCJ

22

111

89

25.

Timo Varhama

UPM-Kymmene Japan KK

FCCJ

22

115

93

26.

Fredrik Alatalo

Nippon Eriksson K.K

SCCJ

18

114

96

27.

Hiroshi Kitamura

Gambro K.K.

SCCJ

30

129

99

Note: if players have same net, the one with lower handicap wins, if still same, the older player wins.

Images from the event

The 34 players gather for photo-shooting before start of play.

On the drive out to Gotemba we were promised a beautiful day at the foot of Mt. Fuji.